Russell Young will find out this weekend if he will win “best Southern rapper’’ honors.

Fans of the Metropolitan Opera can head to the Paramount Theater this season to see 11 high-definition transmissions of the Met’s live opera broadcasts.

A second 5 p.m. show has been added to Ron White’s schedule Oct. 5 at the Paramount Theater..

“The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor” finds Rick O’Connell (Brendan Fraser) and wife Evelyn (Maria Bello taking over for Rachel Weisz) heading East in hopes of recapturing the adrenaline of adventure.

Listeners who turn out for B.B. King’s concert Wednesday evening at the Charlottesville Pavilion won’t just be hearing the blues. They’ll be helping neighbors like Vickie Zavadsky see yellow.

If you’re stuffed to the gills with worrisome news about gas prices and groceries and the credit crunch, you’ll want to escape for a while to sample Thursday’s catch of the day.

Panels, micro add spice to August

The Wintergreen Summer Music Festival will wind up its season with jazz, poetry, theater and one last cup of coffee.

Bluemont Concert Series audiences will find some Notorious entertainment tonight.

The magnitude-8 earthquake that hit China on May 12 did far more than flatten buildings. Its human toll has registered a world away in Charlottesville.

Comedian Ron White will bring his cigar-smoking, Scotch-swilling humor to Charlottesville.

The rocking pups from the new public television series “Raggs’’ will perform live at 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. Sept. 16 at the Paramount Theater.

Searing and haunting, Ash Lawn’s “Carmen” will leave you breathless.

“The Backyardigans Live: Tale of the Mighty Knights” is coming to the John Paul Jones Arena for performances at 4 and 7 p.m. Sept. 18.

If you liked Four County Players’ lighthearted “Twelfth Night” last summer, odds are you’ll also enjoy “As You Like It,” this year’s offering.

“The Backyardigans Live: Tale of the Mighty Knights” is coming to the John Paul Jones Arena for performances at 4 and 7 p.m. Sept. 18.

Parkway needs your photo

“The Light in the Piazza” is not your grandfather’s musical. More to the point, it’s not composer-lyricist Adam Guettel’s grandfather’s musical.

Talk about encores: These guys even leave the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame wanting more.

Haven’t been able to take a vacation yet? Let the Charlottesville Municipal Band do the travel planning.

This weekend, the Wintergreen Summer Music Festival will finish up Italy Week before heading for the Americas for some jazz.

All the world’s a stage in Barboursville tonight when Four County Players opens its production of “As You Like It.’’

Batman star Christian Bale was arrested Tuesday over allegations of assaulting his mother and sister, police and British media said.

Josh Eiserike reviews the latest comic books this week.

Get ready for a jagged little bill. Alanis Morissette is coming to town.

The intense action in Georges Bizet’s “Carmen’’ is so strong that Ash Lawn Opera’s singers won’t just stand for it. They’ll be too busy dancing and trying to stay out of saber fights.

When the curtain rises on “The Light in the Piazza’’ Wednesday night in Culbreth Theatre, Heritage Theatre Festival audiences will find layered themes of family devotion and romantic love. So it’s no surprise to find a sentimental family tie at the heart of the show.

Who says you can’t come home again?

Artisans Center opens new show

The Bluemont Concert Series will present Pan Masters at 7:30 tonight on the old county courthouse lawn on West Davis Street in downtown Culpeper.